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MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 87, June 12, 1964 ]

DIRECTING THE HOISTING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY

WHEREAS, the National Flag symbolizes national solidarity, patriotism, and love of country; and

WHEREAS, it is imperative to inculcate in the minds of our people a continuing consciousness of the patriotic deeds of our heroes and love for the Motherland through the symbolic embodiment thereof for a cohesive, strong, and healthy nation;1âшphi1

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct the display of the National Flag at the Legislative Building twenty-four hours a day. The flagpole shall be lighted at night.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR
Acting Executive Secretary

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